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Municipal Johannesburg Morgue workers bury the coffin of an unidentified body on February 27, 2019. humans resist the notion that physical death is final. That’s why they’ve invented an afterlife....
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Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), celebrated its 46th birthday last Sunday, 05/02/2023. It therefore deserves to be accorded the traditional “happy birthday...
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Chuo cha Nyerere Kisitelekezwe
Mheshimiwa Rais, Nakusalimia kwa jina la JMT. Je una tarifa kuwa Chuo cha Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology (MJKNUAT), Butiama, alipozaliwa, kukulia na kuzikwa Baba wa...
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A peep at the seemingly ‘withering away’ of the Ujamaa concept
The word ‘seemingly’ means “in a way that appears to be true, but may in fact not be” And that is the sense in which it is used in the context of this presentation. We do not hear much about Ujamaa...
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The populist illiberal authoritarian
From Left first row: Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed, Senegal's President and outgoing Chairperson of the African Union...
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PhD za Mchongo ni Aibu na Jinai
Pamoja kuwa na PhD, kwa sasa, ni kawaida kwa waliofuata taratibu na kuzisotea, kuzipata na kufaa kuzitumia. Hata hivyo, siku za hivi karibuni–––tokana na tamaa,ujinga, ukosefu wa maadili, na usasi wa...
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SOME AMUSING ANECDOTES ABOUT POLIITICS AND POLITICAL AWARENESS.
A FRENCH poet and writer, Paul Valery (1871-1945), is on record as having said this: – “Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them”. In 2013, I...
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Kenya’s political eclipse: Part I
Kenya's first Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and the country's founding father Jomo Kenyatta. The divorce between Mr Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Mzee...
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When Museveni united Kenya and Uganda
Museveni. PHOTO PPUCOMMENT | Nkwazi Mhango | If there is a day that defined President Yoweri Museveni, it is the one when he defied everyone and signed an anti-gay bill into law for Uganda a decade...
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Kenya's fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta receives a sword as a symbol of authority from his predecessor Mwai Kibaki (left) during his inauguration at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani in...
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International Women’s Day 2023: Insights into the continuing journey to...
By Pius Msekwa YESTERDAY, 8th March, 2023 was “International Women’s Day”, so recognised by the United Nations Organisation and celebrated in all countries around the world. Such...
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Kenya’s political eclipse; Part III
The Supreme Court of Kenya is where democracy goes to die. Its ruling in 2022 giving the IEBC the legal fiat to rig elections will live in infamy. The last institution that could have saved Kenya’s...
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President Samia’s outstanding performances in her two years ‘on the throne’
President Samia Suluhu HassanIN her maiden address to Parliament on 22nd April, 2021 President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the following (translated from Kiswahili):-“This is the first time in the history...
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Letter to Muhoozi Keinerugaba, Tweet Even More Please
Muhoozi, before saying something, I must remind Ugandans the best day the country has ever had. On 24th April 1974, Uganda and the world were blessed with and received one of the most powerful sons of...
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RIP JOHN POMBE MAGUFULI ALWAYS MISSED
Although your beneficiaries in big numbers seem to have abandoned and forgotten you, we still remember and treasure you as the leader who attempted to decolonise and deconstruct almost everything. RIP...
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President Samia’s reconciliation efforts: The dawn of a new era
By Pius Msekwa Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 was the day when President Samia Suluhu Hassan truly ‘made history’, by becoming the first ever President (and CCM National Chairpeson) to grace an Opposition...
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Do our callous, corrupt rulers deserve red carpets?
African traditional dances, Mbende JerusalemWHEREVER an African ruler goes, there are three things, namely, a red carpet, bodyguards and traditional dancers. I have always wondered: What is their...
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Pending reconciliation issues: The question of the independent candidate in...
BY PIUS MSEKWAIN last week’s presentation, I referred to the ‘understanding’ that has been reached to include the ‘new constitution’ agenda, in President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s ‘reconciliation’ process....
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